Real Moms of Real Saints Book Club: Week 1

Our Fall 2025 Book Club has begun! Catch up on the Week 1 video with author Colleen Pressprich.

Our Fall 2025 Book Club selection is dear to our hearts! In Real Moms of Real Saints, Colleen Pressprich gets real about every mom's need for a tribe: a community of other women whose bonds of trust run deeper than simple friendship. We need that tribe here on earth, but sometimes we forget about our heavenly tribe! We can draw on the loving motherly examples of women who were moms of saints (and saints-to-be) as diverse as Saint John Bosco, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and Blessed Stanley Rother, among others.

In this week's Book Club episode, author Colleen Pressprich joins host Allison Gingras to discuss Maria Rosa, mother of Venerable Lúcia dos Santos; Margaret, mother of Saint John Bosco, and Giuseppa, mother of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.

Watch our Week 1 Episode:

When Does the Book Club Meet Next?

Join us at 1:30 PM Eastern on Thursdays in October! Our own Allison Gingras will host the three Book Club sessions on both Facebook and YouTube. You can choose to watch the sessions live — or view them later, at your leisure. We'll post these the following week on CatholicMom.com and also share audio versions of these discussions on future episodes of the Catholic Momcast.

Mark your calendar with our next Book Club dates:

Thursday, October 23
Thursday, October 30

All Book Club sessions begin at 1:30 PM Eastern.

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Where Can I Order a Copy of This Book?

Our friends at Pauline Books & Media are offering Catholic Mom readers a special discount on Real Moms of Real Saints! Use coupon code realmoms15 at checkout to save 15% off the cover price of this book. This coupon is good through November 20, 2025.